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CHURCH OF IRELAND The Clogher Diocesan MAGAZINE Member of the worldwide Anglican Communion October 2013 | £1 Strapline New Rector of Aghalurcher & Cooneen with Mullaghfad Diocesan Curate Ordination of Curate-Assistant in Enniskillen Catherdral Introduced in Galloon, Sallaghy & Drummully www.clogher.anglican.org CHILDREN’S MINISTRY CERTIFICATE Where: Rossorry Church Hall, Enniskillen, Who is delivering Co. Fermanagh the course: When: Members of the Church of Ireland Children’s Saturdays 9.45 – 1.00pm Ministry Network who are all experienced trainers and practitioners in children’s ministry 19th October 2013 in local parishes. This exciting course seeks to resource all those who work with children in Child Development. their parish church. The material is creative and interactive, and is designed for all children’s 16th November 2013 leaders. During each session there will be Building Blocks conference, Ballymena. an opportunity to look at current resources in prayer, music, courses, story-telling, games 14th December 2013 & craft. The course is under the auspices of Programme Planning. the Church of Ireland Theological Institute. 18th January 2014 Further information available from Children and Communication. Wendy Houston c/o Rossorry Parish Office rossorryoffi[email protected] 22nd February 2014 Pastoral Awareness/ Leadership Skills (Full day 9.45-4.00pm). 22nd March 2014 Spirituality and the Bible. For a booking form and an information pack please visit www.theologicalinstitute.ie Alternatively contact Lynda Levis at [email protected] 01 4923506 (from ROI), 003531 4923506 (from UK). Cost £80 / €95 www.clogher.anglican.org CONtENtS The Clogher Diocesan Magazine is published monthly NOtE FROM thE BIShOP 4 - 5 except January and August. It is usually available from Parish Churches and other selected outlets by the frst ANGLICAN COMMuNION NEwS 5 Sunday of each month. Annual Subscription £10/€11. Postal Subscription £20/€22. ChuRCh OF IRELAND NEwS 6 Views expressed in the magazine are those of the contributors CHILDREN’S and not necessarily those of the Magazine Committee, the DIOCESAN NEwS 7 - 8 Diocese of Clogher nor the Church of Ireland. MINISTRY The Magazine Committee reserves the right to DAtES FOR yOuR DIARy 9 - 10 decline any material without assigning a reason. No correspondence can be entered into regarding non- CERTIFICATE publication of material or advertisements. Names MOthERS’ uNION NEwS 10 and addresses of contributors must be provided with Where: material submitted and may then be published. The yOuth NEwS 11 Magazine Committee accepts no responsibility for Rossorry Church Hall, Enniskillen, Who is delivering loss, damage or the return of material. Co. Fermanagh the course: ChILDRENS SECtION 12 - 13 Advertising rates are available upon request. Members of the Church of Ireland Children’s If parishes wish to alter the number of magazines When: COMMuNIty NEwS 14 Ministry Network who are all experienced ordered each month please inform Mrs Barbara Ingram Saturdays 9.45 – 1.00pm by telephoning 028 66 388306. trainers and practitioners in children’s ministry PARISh NOtES 15 - 53 19th October 2013 in local parishes. This exciting course seeks to Clogher Magazine Committee resource all those who work with children in Chairperson: Mrs Eleanor Lynn Child Development. their parish church. The material is creative and Vice-Chairperson: Mrs Barbara Ingram Secretary: Mrs Prue Mahood interactive, and is designed for all children’s treasurer: Mrs Mabel Black 16th November 2013 leaders. During each session there will be The Revd Canon Desmond Kingston Building Blocks conference, Ballymena. an opportunity to look at current resources in and Mrs Jean Stinson. Packing team: Mrs Muriel Henderson, Mrs prayer, music, courses, story-telling, games Barbara Ingram, Mrs Sadie Kane, Mrs Joyce 14th December 2013 & craft. The course is under the auspices of Kerr, Mrs Eleanor Lynn, Mrs Maureen Robinson, Programme Planning. the Church of Ireland Theological Institute. Mrs Jean Stinson and Mr Andy Wray. Diocesan Offce: 18th January 2014 Further information available from Diocesan Offce, St Macartin’s Cathedral Hall, Children and Communication. Wendy Houston c/o Rossorry Parish Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh. BT74 7DR telephone: 028 66 347879 Office rossorryoffi[email protected] Email: [email protected] 22nd February 2014 Next Magazine: Deadline for Pastoral Awareness/ Leadership Skills submission of material 15th October. (Full day 9.45-4.00pm). Content to be sent to [email protected] 22nd March 2014 Front Cover Photos Main Photo: Archdeacon Cecil Pringle, Bishop John Spirituality and the Bible. McDowell, Revd John McCleanaghan, Archbishop Alan Harper and Canon Maurice Armstrong. Bottom Left: Revd Anita Kerr and Bishop John McDowell. For a booking form and an information pack please visit www.theologicalinstitute.ie Bottom Right: Mr Ewan Richmond, Dean Kenneth Hall, Revd Rob Clements, Bishop John McDowell, Alternatively contact Lynda Levis at [email protected] Revd Alistair Warke and Mr Brian Rutledge. 01 4923506 (from ROI), 003531 4923506 (from UK). Cost £80 / €95 3 The Clogher Diocesan MAGAZINE A NOtE FROM thE BIShOP Abridged version of the Rt Revd John McDowell the address given by October 2013 the Bishop at Diocesan The See House, 152a Ballagh Road, Synod on Thursday 26th Fivemiletown, Co. Tyrone. BT75 0QP September 2013, in St tel: 028 895 22461 Macartin’s Cathedral Email: [email protected] Hall, Enniskillen. The President’s Address In that sense prophesy is about calling people back at the Diocesan Synod to basics. Baptised people are called to remind one isn’t really part of the another – nagging one another sometimes – to get back Synod’s business in the to those rudiments of religion. That, I think, is the sort of proper sense, I suppose mutual encouragement and admonition which marked that it is the Bishop’s the Primitive Church off from other religious societies opportunity to say some and, believe it or not, it is also part of the purpose of things that he thinks are gatherings of bishop, clergy and lay people in Councils worthwhile saying about the year just past and maybe and Synods. also to say something about the present and the future The Church is a community of people saying to one that seems useful (at least to the Bishop). another “Don’t forget who we are and what we’re I want to begin by making an observation that takes here for.” And together we work at the integrity of the past, present and future in to account. When you get community, and its witness, and our faithfulness to our a large number of people together it is very diffcult to calling. The prophetic anointing is anointing to call one identify something which each and every one has in another back to faithfulness. common. Now, calling people back to faithfulness is not the same Of course we are all believers, but our belief will have as sniffng out things in one another that we can wag our been shaped by different traditions both within and fngers at. It doesn’t mean constantly checking up on beyond the Church of Ireland, and if we were each one another or trying to control one another. It certainly asked to give an account of our belief we might be doesn’t mean trying to make people just like me. surprised at how much we differ from one another. It means simply, faithfully saying to one another, “Don’t But the one thing we have absolutely in common is that forget what we’re here for. Don’t forget who you are in we have all been baptised. We have all been baptised Christ and don’t let me forget either.” A prophet’s words into the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and as our are his own confession before the face of God at least as faith has deepened we have grown into our baptism. much as they are an address to God’s people. That common baptism works itself out in many What we are to discuss and what we have done in past ways, and one particularly innovative and enriching years should be about how we organise and resource development has been the much closer connections ourselves for this work of ministry as prophets, priest which have grown up between the Methodist Church and kings. and the Church of Ireland. Indeed at this year’s General Because we live in a complex society and because a Synod and in the Methodist Conference the fnal largish organisation like a diocese is also complex, that foundations were laid for the mutual recognition of will involve a great deal of what might be regarded as ministries which has tremendous potential for very boring detail. And it will indeed be boring detail unless close collaboration in mission. we remember what its fnal purpose is - to equip us for By baptism and faith each of us here participates in the ministry to which each of us was called in baptism. the life of Jesus; in his life as prophet, a priest and a And the year past has had its more obviously prophetic king. I want to say something very brief about that word moments. It was a privilege and I have to say an “prophet” and what it means for baptised believers. enormous responsibility to be asked to preach at the We are always hearing voices saying that the Church or special service in Enniskillen Cathedral to remember the Bishop or such and such should be more prophetic. the awful events of Remembrance Sunday 1988. There That we should take a prophetic stand on this, that or can be no more fundamental part of our vocation than the other. Usually what people really want us to do to comfort those who are suffering and to bind up the when they ask us to speak prophetically is to agree with broken hearted.